How Long to Read Aristophanes and the Poetics of Surprise

How Long Does it Take to Read Aristophanes and the Poetics of Surprise?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 28 minutes to read Aristophanes and the Poetics of Surprise by Dimitrios Kanellakis

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The purpose of this book is to examine the variety, the mechanisms, and the poetological intention of the effect of surprise in Aristophanic comedy, addressing the phenomenon not as a self-evident or unselfconscious element of comedy as a genre, but as an elaborate system which characterises the style of the specific dramatist. More precisely, the book analyses Aristophanes’ most prominent verbal, thematic, and theatrical modes of surprise from a typological perspective, and interprets them as comprising the key area in which the playwright claims and demonstrates his artistic superiority over rival genres and individual poets. In line with this purpose, two parallel aims of the book are to provide an original commentary on the passages under examination, and to promote the study of modern performances – a practice which has so far been either restricted to Classical Reception or only theoretically acknowledged (if at all) by mainstream philological scholarship. This is a timely book on a topic of wide current interest across a range of interlocking disciplines: emotion studies, semiotics, narratology, information theory, and -most pertinently for this book- humour research.

How long is Aristophanes and the Poetics of Surprise?

Aristophanes and the Poetics of Surprise by Dimitrios Kanellakis is 264 pages long, and a total of 67,056 words.

This makes it 89% the length of the average book. It also has 82% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Aristophanes and the Poetics of Surprise Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 6 minutes to read Aristophanes and the Poetics of Surprise aloud.

What Reading Level is Aristophanes and the Poetics of Surprise?

Aristophanes and the Poetics of Surprise is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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